Osborn Engineering and Sutro Tower have entered into a service agreement for study and analysis of the FCC DTV spectrum auction and repack as well as what they will mean for broadcasters on the iconic San Francisco tower. The Widelity Report sponsored by the FCC identified the site as one of its “Super Complicated Sites: Mount […]
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Mark Fehlig Joins Osborn Engineering
Communications engineer Mark Fehlig has joined Osborn Engineering’s media technology group and will lead initiatives related to FCC DTV spectrum auction and repack and repurposing of facilities. Fehlig, who has decades of experience at Scientific Atlanta, Harris, Wavestream and Georgia Public Broadcasting, was involved in the early years of developing satellite uplink and DTV video […]
My New Year’s Wishes For The TV Industry
Happy New Year to the television industry! In the spirit of ringing in the New Year, here are my top 10 wishes for the TV industry in 2015: A single flexible, extensible next-gen TV transmission standard. Competition is a wonderful thing, but it’s hard to see how the TV industry avoids a downward spiral fueled […]
FOBTV Session Reveals Absurdity of Repack
I can only imagine what broadcasters from around the world gathered at the FOBTV IBC 2014 session Sept.14 must have been thinking as Rick Kaplan, the NAB’s point man on the spectrum auction and repack described what the FCC is doing to build a pool of spectrum for auction to wireless companies. Among the things […]